ALN and the Welsh Language

Secondary Literacy Needs Assessment through the medium of Welsh

Rhiannon Packer and Marjorie Thomas from Cardiff Met University chats with Trystan in this episode discussing the work that’s underway in producing the first holistic standardised literacy assessment in Wales. We will discuss assessing the literacy needs of secondary pupils through the medium of Welsh.

Mudiad Meithrin

Menna Machreth joins Trystan to discuss how Mudiad Meithrin has and is responding to the needs of children in the early years as a result of the ALN Act. Mudiad sy'n arbenigo ym maes y blynyddoedd cynnar yw Mudiad Meithrin [https://meithrin.cymru/]

Siwrne Siarad

Emma Griffiths, a specialist Speech and Language teacher from Carmarthenshire discusses the Siwrne Siarad scheme, which is a bilingual tool that is available to schools across the country to use to support the language development of children and young people.

Educational Psychology

In this episode, Lynwen (Carmarthenshire) and Helen (Neath Port Talbot) discuss their work as Educational Psychologists.

Visual Impairment Specialist Teachers

Owain (Cardiff LA) and Mair (Pembrokeshire LA), two of Wales’ Visual Impairment specialist teachers are joining Trystan in this episode. There will be a discussion on the work of Visually Impairment teachers including the challenges and the technology available to support visually impaired learners in both Welsh and English